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Allira Fri 06-Sept-24 09:46:12

I didn't see it but would suggest that underpaid, overwhelmed, dispirited staff plus overcrowding are part of the problem.

There needs to be huge reform again.
Bring back Elizabeth Fry.

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keepingquiet Fri 06-Sept-24 09:34:22

Prisoners frequently become addicts. I saw the beginning of this report and had to turn to another channel I found it so depressing.

Then again they could have reported from another prison where things weren't so bad. There is always an element of acting up for the cameras.

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Allsorts Fri 06-Sept-24 06:53:39

I wish i had not watched the news last night and seen the desperate conditions in Pentonville.. Prisoners are supposed to be in prison for punishment and rehabilitation, The noise the pandemonium, locked in crowded cells with nothing to do. Most scared witless by the violence.One suicide attempt whilst filming, one man carved mom and dad into his arm. This is so wrong, they have done bad things but why. If you are bought up with a loving family network, people looking out for you, how different to those who have not had known any . Who are parenting these young men? I suspect in many cases no one. Have they grown up all their lives without anyone. The death penalty is more humane than this. There should be no drugs in prisons, why are they. Dogs would sniff them out. I wouldn't be surprised if you went in drug free you cane out hooked on something

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